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Facial Aging – How Does it Happen?

Facial aging is one of the most common reasons that patients come to see me. What I offer to patients is anti-Aging solutions. It is entirely possible that this can be gracefully and naturally achieved. Aging process occurs at various rates and to various extents depending on many factors that I have outlined in previous blogs.

Patients will often point out to me that someone they know who is the same age looks a lot younger. This is often a factor of genetics more than anything else. Why not do something about this now ? What are you waiting for?

As a plastic surgeon, it is NOT true that we ONLY recommend surgery for everyone that walks in to the office. There are so many non-surgical options to consider today that surgery is NOT always the answer. During the consultation, I first try to explain the aging process, before I recommend any treatment. In my opinion, if patients understand facial aging, it is easier to understand the treatments that we offer.

So lets review facial aging. I have tried to condense years of reseach into essentially three basic processes: lipoatrophy, loss of ligamentous support, and skin surface damage . It is a bit simplistic approach and explanation of what really is a very complex process involving many factors, but keeping things simple is often the best approach in life. These processes are NOT mutually exclusive, isolated, step-wise events. They can occur at varying rates, intensity, and duration throughout the lifespan of the patient. This conept is extremely important as I design a treatment solution.